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Jamboree

WWVA Jamboree, a country music radio program on WWVA (AM), Wheeling, West Virginia, U.S.

Jazz Jamboree Festival, one of the biggest and oldest jazz festivals in Europe, in Warsaw, Poland


12th World Scout Jamboree

Memorable features of the Jamboree included a reconstruction of Baden-Powell's Brownsea Island campsite, arena shows, Skill-o-Rama, adventure trail, the specially stocked fishing area and boating and other water activities on Lake Pend Oreille, in addition to a visit to a rodeo and a repeat of the Friendship Wide Game introduced at the 11th World Scout Jamboree in 1963.

20th New Zealand Scout Jamboree

The 20th New Zealand Scout Jamboree (known as NZ20) was held at Manfeild Park, Feilding, New Zealand between 28 December 2013 and 6 January 2014.

Manfeild Park, near Feilding, was the main venue for the Jamboree, however some activities were held outside Feilding.

6th World Scout Jamboree

The 6th World Scout Jamboree was held in 1947 and was hosted by France at Moisson.

Africa Scout Jamboree

The 6th Africa Scout Jamboree (or Africa Jamboree 2012) took place at Bungere, Gitega Province, Burundi from July 28 to August 6, 2012.

Boy Scouts of the Philippines

In 1959, the 10th World Scout Jamboree was held in Mount Makiling, Los Baños, Laguna, the first world Scout jamboree held in Asia.

Brenda Best

The song debuted on Live Radio WSM 650 Midnight Jamboree by Country Music Artist Bobby G. Rice on The Legend CD.

Carole Boston Weatherford

In 1995, Lee & Low Books published her first picture book, Juneteenth Jamboree, about a summer celebration in memory of the Texas Emancipation.

Chip Deffaa

Deffaa has written and directed in New York such plays as George M. Cohan: In his Own Words (published by Samuel French Inc.,), Yankee Doodle Boy (Drama Source), The George M. Cohan Revue (Baker's Plays), George M. Cohan & Co. (Eldridge Plays), The Seven Little Foys, The Johnny Mercer Jamboree, and Theater Boys.

Columbia Heights, Minnesota

Columbia Heights, the Heights Jamboree, Hylander, and many other references to the city and Minnesota appear in Pat Proft's 1998 film Wrongfully Accused.

Corporate Magic

Other major projects include the Oklahoma Centennial Spectacular, Coca-Cola's Centennial, the Boy Scouts of America’s 100th Anniversary Jamboree, international product launches for Mazda, Land Rover and Jaguar, annual corporate gatherings and awards programs for Prudential Financial, Xango and Rite Aid, and several projects for the Dallas Cowboys.

Dallas Sportatorium

From 1948 until 1966, the Sportatorium was also the site of the Big D Jamboree, a weekly country music showcase similar in format to the Grand Ole Opry and Louisiana Hayride; portions of the Jamboree were broadcast nationally on the CBS Radio Network.

Farragut State Park

While traveling to the moon aboard Apollo 11 in July 1969, astronaut Neil Armstrong extended a greeting to the scouts attending the national jamboree in Idaho.

Federation of Scouts of Russia

A Second International Jamboree that took place north of Moscow in 1997 with approximately 4,000 participants was organized by FSR in conjunction with the Organization of Russian Young Pathfinders (ORYuR).

In August 1994 the FSR held the First International Russian Jamboree at Lake Ladoga in northwest Russia near St. Petersburg.

Gerakan Pramuka Indonesia

The seventh National Special Scouts Jamboree was held in 2007, in East Jakarta.

GMA Network Center

Meanwhile, the Kapuso Center, located along the GMA Network Drive (11th Jamboree Street) entrance of the compound, serves as the offices for the GMA Kapuso Foundation, the "Action Center" of Mike Enriquez's Imbestigador, and the public service program Kapwa Ko, Mahal Ko.

Hometown Jamboree

Hometown Jamboree was an American country music radio and television show simultaneously broadcast each Saturday night by KXLA radio, Pasadena, California and KLAC-TV/KCOP and KTLA-TV, Los Angeles, California beginning in 1949.

Hui Chiu-yin

There are several major events during his commissionership, namely 19th Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Conference in 1998, The Scout Association of Hong Kong Millennium Jamboree from 1999 to 2000, 45th Baden-Powell World Fellowship Event in 2002 and The Scout Association of Hong Kong 90th Anniversary Jamboree in 2003.

International Boy Scouts, Troop 1

That 13th World Scout Jamboree was set to be held near Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture at Asagiri Kogen and, in preparation for that world event, the 5th Nippon Jamboree was held at this location in August 1970.

Jamboree in the Hills

(For a time, Live Nation and WWVA were both owned by Clear Channel Communications, but Live Nation was spun off from Clear Channel shortly before WWVA canceled the Jamboree, ending the relationship between the two.

The entire event has been carried on Wheeling radio stations 1170 WWVA and/or 98.7 WOVK, every year since it's inception, having originally grown out of WWVA's live Jamboree radio show.

Jamboree in the Hills (often abbreviated as JITH or "Jambo") began as a two-day outdoor music festival in July 1977 and was held at Brush Run Park near Morristown, Ohio.

Jazz Jamboree

Jazz Jamboree Festival, one of the biggest and oldest jazz festivals in Europe, takes place in Warsaw.

Mari Nakano

She is currently the chairperson of the Jamboree management team for the 23rd World Scout Jamboree in 2015.

Midwestern Hayride

Inspired by the Shreveport-based Louisiana Hayride, the show was originally called Boone County Jamboree (named for nearby Boone County in Northern Kentucky).

Mongolyn Skautyn Kholboo

Scouts in Mongolia had a successful third National Jamboree August 10-17, 2004 in the Khentii Mountains in the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar.

Old Rajans Scouts Association

;Jamboree : Jamboree was a name given by Baden Powell to the first International gathering of Scouts at Olympia, London, in 1920.

Pakistan Boy Scouts Association

In Bahawalpur, Wilson was welcomed by Brigadier M.A. Abbasi, Deputy Chief Scout Commissioner who had been at the 1951 World Jamboree in Austria and would later lead the Pakistani contingent at the 1957 Jubilee Jamboree.

Raymond Schlemmer

In 1947, the Jamboree of Peace was held at Moisson, and Schlemmer directed a marine camp on an island in the Seine next to the Jamboree site, with the assistance of the French navy.

Riverhills, Queensland

The people of Riverhills are represented by Matthew Bourke, LNP Councillor for the Jamboree Ward, in the local council, by Tarnya Smith, the LNP Member for Mount Ommaney in the Queensland Parliament and by Bernie Ripoll in the federal division of Oxley.

Skolta Esperanto Ligo

Almost 100 Esperanto speaking Scouts from 18 countries, as far away as Japan, took part in the 1929 World Jamboree in Birkenhead.

Sławek Jaskułke

He has taken part in world’s greatest festivals, including: North Sea Jazz Festival, Berlin Jazz Fest, Red Sea Jazz Festival, Padova Jazz Festival, Garana International Jazz Festival and the Jazz Jamboree.

Tengku Budriah of Perlis

As an active person in extra-curricular activities, she was appointed as committee member in Brownies and Girl Guides, and would later attend the 1950 Girl Guides Jamboree in Australia.

The Claxton Bakery

One such innovation came when he entered several floats in the Orange Bowl Jamboree Parade in Miami and also the Cherry Blossom Festival Parade in Washington, D.C.

The Scout Association of Maldives

In 2007, the Scouts celebrated their Golden Jubilee with a jamboree on Hulhumalé.

Tumauini, Isabela

The historic Camp Samal was the site of the National Jamboree in 1977 and is the home of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines.

Winkler v. Rumsfeld

Total Defense Department funding for these training and public relations activities averaged $8 million per jamboree.

At the time of the case, the US Department of Defense was the official host of the jamboree.


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